The end of a perfect day Photo

Photographer’s Note

In October and November 2004 me and my girlfriend spent 4 weeks in New Zealand. We started in Auckland and finished in Christchurch. In between we visited a lot of beautiful places. Our first day in the campervan ended on Shelley Beach, a perfect campsite near a perfect beach. After dinner, I looked out of the window of our mobile home and saw the sun was setting. I took a picture and this is the result.

I am quite happy with this photograph, but feel free to criticize!

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Arven (256) 2005-01-16 5:28

Hi!..your note make this photo better:)!..this is beatiful..just i think a bit too dark..

flagman (294) 2005-01-19 9:27

Really great photo, Pieter, although I wonder if it would reveal more if the histogram was stretched.

Andy.

jiekuan (330) 2005-01-20 4:17

Perhaps a cropping for the dark part around the sunset will make this more perfect!

todbrowning (105) 2005-01-20 12:09

I agree with Jiekuan. A cropping would make it again better, but what a sunset !

Carlo (250) 2005-01-27 23:34

The foreground is underexposed, but I think this adds to the curtain effect of the trees/branches that surround the brilliant sunset. It adds a bit of mystery to the overall effect.

Janice (4386) 2005-05-02 1:37

Ah, sunset at Coromandel. Nice one Peiter. I live perhaps just under the sun, on the North Shore of Auckland, not that far away. What a shame I hadn't met you and your girlfriend before. I'm not worrying about the photo, as I love the colours and shadows. Well done!

annagrace (2463) 2005-08-21 17:22

I love this image, but think a tighter crop from the bottom would enhance it, the black doesn't add much.

The sun looks like a yellow lollipop with the fence post just beneath it.

TFS,
Alli